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Hlcuotcii to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, Jitoraliti), aiib (Scncral Irttelligeuce.
VOL. 23.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, JUNE 9, 1864;
NO. Iff.
THE
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JOB PRINTING,
kxecutcd in the highest nyie of the Ari.and on the
- most reason lo.cr.,.,.
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MOTHER, CAN I GO?
I am writing to you mother, knowing well
what you will" say, !
When you read With tearful sadness, all I
write to you to-day, J
ICnowing well the flame of ardor on a loyal;
mother's part, !
Tim t win kindle with each impulse, with'
each throbbing of your heart,
t have heard my country calling for hcrsons
who still are true;
l nave loveu i iai cuunu v, uiuwci. umi
inSnn,lMi
And my soul is springing forward to resist
the bitter foe
Can I go, dearest mother tell mc, mother,
can I go!
From the battered walls of Sumter, from the
wild waves of the sea,
I have heard her cry for succor, as the voice
of God to me:
In prosperity I loved her, in her days of
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dark distress,
... ,i lin
With your spirit in mc, mother, could I love
that country less! j
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ii iroH hrr Irnrt. wi!m treason.
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hor mns m Weed. ;
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They have robbed her m her kindness, they .
have triumphed in her need, I
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Tliey have trampled on her standard, and .
she calls me in her woe J
.
Can I go, mv dearest mother tell me, mo-.
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tlier, can 1 go!
I am young and slender, mother, they would j
call nie yet a boy,
But I know the land I live in, and the bless
ings I enjoy;
I am old enough, my mother, to be loyal,
proud and true,
The faithful sense of duty I have ever
learned from you,
We must conquer this rebellion, let the
doubting heart be still,
Wre must conquer it or perish wc must
conquer, and tve will ;
But the faithful must not falter, and shall I
be wanting? No I
Let mc go, dearest mother tell me, moth
er, can I go 1
He who led his chosen people in their effort
to be free
From the tyranny of Egypt will be merciful
to me ;
He'll protect me by his power, whatsoe'er I
undertake,
He'll return me home in safety, dearest mo
ther, for your sake,
Or Ehould this my bleeding country, need-a
victim such as me,
I am nothing more than others who have
perished to be free.
On her bosom let me slumber, on her alter
let me lie,
I am not afraid, my dearest mother, in eo
good a cause to die.
There will come a day of gladness, when
the people of the Lord,
Shall look pfoadly on his banners which his
mercy has restored,
Wlicn the stars in perfect numbers on their
azure field of blue,
Shall be clustered as of old, in a union firm
and true.
I may live to ecc it, mother, when the pa
triot's work is done,
Alid your heart, so full of kindness, v?ll
beat proudly for your son,
Or through tears your eyes may see ife with
a sadly thoughtful view,
And may love it still more dearly fbf the
cost it Won' from you.
I have written to you, mother, with a con
sciousness of right,
1 iim thinking of you' fondly with a loyal
heart to-night,
Wlien I have your noble bidding which shall
tell mc to press on,
I will come and see you, mother, come and
kiss you, and begone.
In the name of law and justice. I have writ
ten this to you,
I am eager, anxious, longing to resist my
country's foe,
Can I go, my dearest mother tell me, mo
ther, can I go?" -
ANSWER.
Go my boy, where duty calls you,
Go my boy, and heaven bless you ; I have
read each precious line
Of your heart's responsive throbbings to a
higher call than mine.
God hath spoken you have heard Him
and though tears these eyes bedim,
Your affection for your mother shall not mar
your love for Him.
IOUIQ x oa you may iioiii wuuul-bb, ,
t t i r. rnJn irlion
tne ever-ruling nanu
Slarks your path to duty dearly for the safe
ty of the land?
No: 'tis yours to be a patriot, and 'tis mine
' -JLn no w
u j.,f nii,
' heart shall follov ya . ' ' '
Go in faith, and feel protection m a power
supreme, divine;
Should a bullet pierce your body, it will al
so enter mine.
Do I think of this in sorrow? Does my loe
Do I tremble at the prospect! No, my son,
no more than you.
sad fears renew 3
'Dear to me is every pathway where your ,
v " ' "w"' , I
But I give you fondly freely, to my country
j and ray God.
-.7 i t i.ii n.t tunrh m
lOU Ullu 1 snail UUVCl laiiui m iu "u u -
to .
q0 my hoy, where duty calls you, aim my;rcsin I kin give tor not dabblin in em, j
heart snail iollow you ;
1 1 shall pray for you how often
-with the
waking hours of morn,
fpj,rourrn tnc iajj0rs 0f my household and
when night is coming on.
i If a mother's prayers can keep you mid the
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dangers you incur,
God will surely bring you back again to
happiness and her.
I will never doubt the goodness that has
kent voii until now. b "
That lias kept the evil from your heart, the
shadow from your brow ;
And I know that it shall keep you in. the
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path you must pursue ;
jGo, my boj where duty calls you, and my
! ' heart shall follow you.
. If mv bov were less a hero, less the man in
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I had less to give my country in her trying
hour of need ;
And I feel a pride in knowing that to serve !
this cause divine,
From the hearth-stone goes no braver heart 1 1""" P - A
than that which goes from mine. ludoolgcut publick wood bestow ary a
ti ii r i, i i,f mi;L,ioms ontoiuc et I dik arsk it. I don t
I have loved you from the hour that my lips , , .,
ikeer. As lorng as the subscriber can
n i. i i i . a i.. -.'weeiu a pen or a squiu, no means tu say
Ever tenderly, but not quite as tenderly as , . 1 . , . . 1 ' n , , J
, J 1 ibis say the pimons ov Copperheads an
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.All I have is His who gave it, whatso'er he
. '
l bids me do:
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Go "V bo3'? 1CC, calls yu and m
heart shall follow 'ou.
J
Trvtr
I shall miss you in the spring time, when
the orchard is in bioom,
Illle the smiling fitcc of nature bathes its
beauty m pcrlumc :
, , . , ' , . . , ,
'"c" the birds are sweetly singing by the
door and on the wing,
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I shall think of you, who always loved to
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XjOII'T W1H bUlJUl UiU WIllllll" l!UUia L1UUU"U
tiie drowsy summer day,
With my boy exposed to dangers on a soil
so far away.
But my spirit shall not murmur, though a
tear bedim my view ;
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall follow you.
Ycu will come and see your mother ; come
and kiss her as you say ;
From her lips receive the blessing that will
cheer you on your way ;
From her fond embrace' go forward to resist
your country's foe,
With the comforting assurance that your
mother bade you go.
Heaven protect, and bless, and keep you ;
holy ang4s guard your way,
To your mother ever faithful, to your coun
try ever true,
Go, my boy, where duty calls you, and my
heart shall follow you.
Fearful Encounter with a Mad Bull.
Mr. John Warner, a man sixt-four
years of age; living in the town of Serena.
Ohio, last week, had a narrow escape
from being gored to death by a young
bull. Going into his cowyard, the bull
made a rush at him and threw him down
with his horns two or three times, when
Mr. W. managed to grasp him by one of
the fore legs, and by :t desperate exertion
threw him down. He then caught him
b- the nose and by main strength held
him Sat on the face. lie then drew a
jack-knife from his pocket but dared not
release his hold upon tho buil while he
opened it. A young lady living in the
family having heard him call, came just
then and opened the knife, and with this,
although it was quite dull, Mr. W. cut
the animal's throat. Ii was a narrow
escape, and but few men would have had
the nerve and good management to get
out of a bad scrape so easily.
J5&An old toper, after indulging quite
freely in his accustomed beverage, amused
himself in teasing a uettlesome horse
The animal, not fancying his familiarity,
suddenly reared, and the disciple of Bac-
j hus found himself sprawling in an adja
cent mud-puddle. Gathering himselt up
as quietly as his situation would allow, he
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enuuiuu tu uis tun, wnu was etauuiuif uy;;i
"John, did you
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"Why, no, dad, the hoss kicked you?"
"Reckon not, John. One or t'oher of us
got badly histcd.
Taint me", Jolir, for
I'm here?"
g?An up-country editor pays his re
spect to "Newspaper borrowers may
theirs be a life of single blessedness ;mar
their paths be carpeted with cross-eyed
snakes, and their nights be haunted with;
knock-need torn cats."
65 An exchange says There is some
things inexpressibly sweet about little , Ganad a fow years
girls. The Louisville Journal adds,!, " oiein woo.
v: f t .
"AOu It grows ,011
'em as they get big
ger.
K2a- , uaugutut,
and von shall have a cow. I never whis-
. rvi. 9 -,t.:r.tin j 1.1 .i,:oi
Jtled' in my life, and I can't whistle now.
j Oh ! whistle, daughter, and you shall have
a man. x never wuicucu m iuj mc, uuK
I'll whistle if I can.
"Sallie" said a fellow to a girl
who had red, hair, "keep away from me
you 11 set me on fire
No danger of that" said Sally, "you
danger ottnat, said fcaiiy, y
are wo gieeu w urii-
Artemas Ward, Jr., on the Presidency.
J"" u. vv; u u ouu 5uu;
an iorgot to roccolleck-your Those is
'not the case. I havent bin Dabblin in
iTl Ktr.l-r. ni i.
jli-w tkjLVj-wikaj jl VUIU OtUUKS, Ul UUUJ ULIICI
jstocks either. Not a Dab. The best
is because 1 had no Dabblers which,
nieen rcenbaxi I
For sum time parst I've bin Lyin low, '
keepiu mc Top eye peeled, and waitin for
sumthin to turn up which htrst remark
"was niaiu by me ole inend, Mr. JUick .
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jCawber, a Irishman. -
Sum thin arc turuin up.
I desire 2 clame your attention a few
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snore periods on tne subjeck ov the rres-;
lidency fer the years beginum Blarch 4, ,'
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Anny Dominoes, 1865, 'G6, '67, '68. in-'.
cloosively. It air the one grate qucschun
what now cawses the Nation's Euzzim to
flutter like the throbins or a defunct mut-'
ton's narrative as it were.
Noomeries candydates is talked about, j
an nt about, and lied about. You earn t :
Hub that out. I air no pollytishun. I
don't belong to them familp. I had a
step-uncle or Sumthin onct, which was a
pollytishun; but he went an died afore he
was 21. I don't arsk ary a offis orf enuy
I . ..,.ki:i- o t a n
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other traitors to the contrary, never the
less, notwithstanding, inasmuch, howsoni
cver, ctsettcry. I'll bet my 3 dollars and
22 cents on that. An I don't inten to
diverge 1'rom the truth enny. Eut I air
uot divergin from the subjeck.
In speakin ov the merits and demerits,
capabilities and decapabilitics, ov the dif
ferent candydates wich has bin named
fer the Presidential Posish, I shall re
serv the best till larst. Arfter the 'lec
tion, the larst shall be fust, as Mr. Shak
spere sez. (the undersind's posted up in
William.)
Enny chap wot possesses the most ob
toose ititelleck cannot fale to perceiv that
a muchlier portion of the Rob's Nuthren
freus air in favor of Mister George
B. Littlemacklellan fer the next Cheef
Magistral t. I make no dowt his frens
think he wood make a sweet Pres. Ac
cordin to thare idee ov thins, he wood
2 sweet. They think J. Davis makes
a Tip-top Pres. As President, George
woodn't irritate his Suthrin brethren
much. Skurcely. Put I don't bleeve
fer enny length ove moments that Mack
wood make the best Pres. the worle ever
saw. On the contrary, I think he wood
make the wust tho' it would be putty
difficult to make a wuster than J. Bu
chanan. Here allow me to digress a few. The
other day I recevd a letter from me frend
Stwagglcs. He sez whare he lives the
Copperheads don't do nuthin but stay to
hum an help J. Davis; and they say ef
the Cops wos in offis, things wood be
cheaper, henz they woodn't be so dear.
Wal, they had a 'lection, an sum Cops
was 'lected. But things didn't git cheap
er. It was vicey verscy. Stwagglcs scd
his wash-woman warn ted to advance the
price ov his washiu. But as he hadn't
mcny Close his bill wasnt hefty. I rit
back an tole Stwagglcs, in a surcustic
way to help 'lect Little mack, an times
wootl be so hard he woodn't have enny
harness to wash or wear, which wood
make his wash bill "very lite. I bet you.
As I rcmarkt bel, Geo. B. woodn't do
for a Union Pres. He has his faults. Ef
he was nominated for a Grave Digger, or
a boss in a Iron Oar Quarries, I woodn't
say Neigh. As a digger, he's large. I
mite say he's immense. As Cheef Mag
istral ov the U. S. he'd be shaky. Bath
er. Afore he had occupied the cheer
lorng, he'd have Washington dug up an
located at Iloboken, N. J. Mayby he'd
send mittens to the barehanded shivilry,
afore they battled with the mudsill ov the
North. Praps I am rather heavy on
George Onct I endorst him. I called
him Pennsylvany's favrit Son. I didn't
stop to en k wire ef he vas Abolitionist,
Copperhcdishiouist, Grcclyishioiiistjpr J
G. Beuuctishionist, Oboist or Jentilist, so
he wood skrush the Rebs as he promist
to do push 'cm to the wall as he sed'
IU uu juau v.u i two
nc U QO. Jut tuat nu i iv uiuuui is vyiu,
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as the- poick so gushiuly warbles. When
George had command ov the Potomick
Aimy, he used to make strate'rgette mov
min'ts toards Richmond an immejitly Cud
hisself in Washington. Now ef Ire makes
a stratergetic movement toards Washing
ton he will find hisself sum other place.
2 to 1 on it.
I don't think Clement Vallandigham
wood make a sootable Press fer the North.
Not much. Clem has his little faults, 2.
He's forrcner. He's sumthin else like-
wisely. I won't ssry what, but the fust j
letter sounds like' Trator. An that's wofc ;
ails him. Ho waa elected to remain itf
The few years is
not up. Clem wood soot tne isutnren
and Suthren Rebs to a T, but ary a man
wot has a hunk of patrism in his buzzim
ns big as a Copperhed's sole, wood prefer
he continood being si Forrinerl
Peraps Mr. Tout Boorygard wood fill
i the Peas-at-anv.price party
I air free to
j confess that Tout wood fill the Preside-
- tiai cheer with as mucn auvauiage tu mu
North as enny other copperhed, but he's
not the pippin. or squinch ov the under
sind's eve. Hardly, lie has uis iauits.
; Like them fust namd,
he sympathizes
with the South.
Thare ar other candidates named by
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they bav a haukeriil arter J; Bukatian a
will
When J. B. 7as President, he mixt
things sooperbly. Ef it hadn't been for
Jeems an his festive party, we coodu't
t,,.. l.n
jjuw uuaou ui itui j vtg uuuuu u uvou uv
pa j in 75 sents a lb. fer butter, an other
tilings m perportion; we coodn t bost
we coodn t ice coodn ft Host. Uood wef
Dut Jeems woodn't be elected I lam
he run for constable lately, an was de-
featcd
Perchans
the W. Y. Peas men will
bnn
ia
I rr
out Mister Emma Webb for the
posish. She might make a luvly Pres in
a
1 cents, but not m another, bhe luvs
the shivalry not tu wisely, but tu well.
m i . , n i.
one nas ouier iauits.
faults, She don't ware
bhc has other
the rite kind of
Close. E. Webb is out ov her spear.
Her spear is in the Sonny South. Fer
the benefit ov those readers which hasn't
berd ov Emma, I will stait that she air a
femail who makes Stump speeches occa-
sionally fer Jeff. Davis. I bet et she ev-
cr get a husband he 11 have to fly round.
Thare is other specimens ov the Peas
party sumthin mite be set about; but I
4bare. bhood that party ever run fowl
ov a Judas Ischariot No. 2, they will sciz
onto him like a Grim Nigger onto a Ded
Dcth, as the sayin is, and nominate him
for President. Judis C. was a Cow, I
wager.
Tho Union party air also namin thar
candydates. John Charles Fremont is
hinted at. In fact, he is hinted at too
extensively. John is a husky boy, but
he has a couple of faults. The fust is,
his time has not cum; the 2nd, he
woodn't be elected. This larst fault is
wot ails me. I think your humble ser
vint cood run lor President without get
tin elected, as easy as the next man, or
enuy other man. Those hotheaded chaps
all over the country who air usin John's
name had better refrane. They shood
take B. branklin bcott s advice, and put
''money in ther purs. Ef they persist
in clingin to J. C. they will help to elect '
a Secesh Pres. anhcu thar won't be nary
money to put in ther purs. But I think
Johu is a sensible, morril, uprite chap,
therc4 I opine he won't leve his name he
used for those purpis. I must sec John
an advise him personilly. He must Bide
his time.
Secretary Chase has also bin pusht for
rard. Salmon wood make a Calooshus
President, thars no 3. ways about it. But
he has his falts. One is, he won't ac
cept. Another, he makes a good Secre
tary. Them's not the worst falts he cau
have. Not enny. As Secky has de
clined the nominashc warnted to be thrust
outo him by sum persons, 1 say Bully
fer him ! The Cop3 beslime Salmon fer
circoolatin greenbax. I hev but one ob
jection to him in those particular wich
is, he don't circoolate cnuff ov 'em in tho
immejite viciuity of A. W.j Jr.'s pockit.
Ef the bogus demos don't think theys
luvely, let 'em emigrate to the Suthrin
Confederacy, and locate amongst thar
frens, whar shinplasters air as plenty as
Eishop Polkberries, an about as wuthless.
In the South the Union men wants to
cum North, and the Rebs won't let 'em.
In the North tho Union men want the
Cop. Rebs to go South, an they won't go.
This shows that we air the more magnan
luiouser ov the 2.
But to the Presidency.
. Gen. Butler or in the classicic terms
ov all Nuthren an Suthren traitors
"Beest Butler" is highly spoken ov in
connexion with the uex Presidency. I
must confess that "Beest Butler" is a an
imile that I hugely admire". Ef he was
in the Presidential cheer now, instead ov i
the Shivilry stirrin up the auimile with a
long stick, the animile wood stir up the
Shivilry with a long stick. He's doin it
now. Rather. Ef it wasn't fer a ole
friend ov mine, I wood indorse Benjamin-.
But B. F. air very well sooted in his prc
sout locashe, and the cuss who calls him
Beast Butler, is fit fer treason, stratyjims
and spiles. lie wood swop orf his gran
mother's toomatus-fer a yaller dorg.
Gen. Grant air another hunky youth.
Thare cood be worse men than Ulyssea
brot forrard. But he has his little ftilt.
As a President he mite 'be hunk, but as
a Genril he's Hunkicr. That's his little
fait.
William Seward is in the Ring, alsoly.
But I don't think I could carst me bal
lot fer William. I fear he's a little wa
verish on' the "Irrepressible Conflict'
qweschuri.
Larstly, there is another man named
fer the next Presidency.
Arn he's goin to get it, 2.
Praps youv'e herd of him. His firat
name is Mr. Honest Ole Abe Linkon.
That's his larst name 2. A. L. is the
the cheef among 43 tliotysiin, au the 1 al
together luvely. As a Pres.-1 air bau'nd
to admit that heJs Gorjeus. Others think
softoo. He's biu ru'nnin tho mashene 2
years, with traitors, copperheads, and
other filthy vermin puttin on the Brakes.
But they failed to stalled him. He's-
bnngm her thru all O C, shrusliirr bit
very Seceshun, an a goodly portion ov
i ther Confederacy under its Wheel, m troo
Juggernot stile.
Give us Lincoln' or give' us Old Abe.
We air not particularly. Either will do.
The Dutchmen will vote for Abe, becaws
Liberty, Lincoln, Lager Beer an Linibur
ger cheeso begins with a L. The Irish
will vote fer him, becaws Peraties and I
rish Whiskey don't begin with a L.
! The Cops wont vote fer him, becaws
Liberv, Love-ov-couniry, uicK.-wie-.iveDs,
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and Linkon begins wnu ax,, xney, win
yotofor Qe0t B bocaws Miwy Murder, 1
Missygeuation, and McfJle'llan begins
with a M, 2 troo, I bet.
My pou is pale, my ink is wussf
An ef the Copperheads don't like
w!ot I've rote in this letter, why 1 don't
keer a speckled cuss ! . -
Thine only, A. Ward, Jr.
Seeesh Almanac Who Began the Wan
A friend in the South has had the
kindness to send us a sccesh almanac for
1862, printed in Nashville, at the South
ern, Methodist Book Concern, Rev. T. 0.
Summers, D. D., editor. The second pace
contains a wishy-washy secesh song,. en
titled tho "Stars and Bars." We quote
the opening verse :
'Tis sixty-two ! and sixty-one,
With the old Union, now is gone,
Reeking with bloody wars
Gone with that ensign, once so prized,
The stars and stripes, now so despised
Struck for the stars and bars.
In a table of "remarkable events which
transpired in connection with the organ
ization of the Southern Confederacy,"
this almanac has the followiug:
Dec. 20, 1860 Sudden evacuation of
of Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson,
United States Army. lis spike's the
guns, burns the gun
carnages,
and re
treats to Fort Sumter, which he occupies.
Dec. 27 'Capture of Fort Moultrie and
Castle Piuckney by the South Carolina
troops. Captain Costa surrenders the
revenue cutter Aiken.
Jan. 3, 1S62 Capture of FortPdlaski
i by the savannah troops.
Jan. 6 Ihe arsenal at Mount Vernon,
Alabama, with 200,000 stand of arms,
seized by the Alabama troops.
Jan. 4 Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay,
taken by the Alabama troops.
Jan. 9 The steamship Star of the
West fired into and driven off by the
South Carolina batteries on Morris Island
Failure of the attempt to reinforce Fort
smn
Jan. 9 Mississippi seceded: Vote of the
Convention, 84 to 39
Jan. 10 Forts Jackson, St.Philip and
Pike, near New Orleans, captured by the
Louisiana troop?.
Jan. 11 Alabama seceded; vote of
Convention, 62 to 29.
Jan. 11 Florida seceded vote of Con
vention, 62 to 29.
Jan 14 Capture of Pcnsacola Navy
Yard, and Forts Barancas and McRae.
Maior Chase shortly afterwards takes
command, and the siege of Fort Pickens mas could be foutid' to sign his blanks,'
commences. be would forge, or cause his accomplices
Jan. 18 Surrender of Baton Rogue to forSG; uamcs of contractors and certify
arsenal to the Louisiana troops. ! "nS officer? to bills, certificates, and affida-
Jan. 19 Georgia seceded: vote of.vus- it, was saiu Dyduage jricrrcponc,'
Convection, 203 to 87
Jan. 26 Louisiana scecdeu ; vote of :
Convention, 113 to 19
Jan. 31 New Orleans Mint and Custom-house
taken.
Feb. 1 Texas' seceded, vote of Con-
vention, 466 to 8 submitted to the vote
of the people February 23; the act took
effect March- 2.
Feb. 2 Seizure of Little Rock Arsenal,
by Arkansas troops.
Feb. 5 Surrender of the revenue
cutter Cass to the Alabaiiia authorities.
Feb. 7 Southern Congress met at
Montgomery, Alabama.
Feb.8 Provisional Constitution adopt-
e(j
Feb. 9 Jefferson Davis, of Miss., and
Alex. H. Steplreus, of Georgia, elected
President and Vice President.
Feb. 16 General Twiggs transferred
public property in Texas" to' the State
authorities. Col. Waitc, U. S. A., sur-
renders Antonio to Col. Ben. McCulloch
and his Texau Rangers.
of President
Feb. 18-
Inauguration'
Davis at Montgomery, Ala.
Feb. 27 Peace Congress ad ourned at
Wa'sbington, having accomplisncd noth
ing.
March 2 The revenue cutter Dodge,
seized by the Texas authorities.
Now' observe': every one of tliese acts
of treason and war occurred under James
Buchannan' s administration, and before
Mr. Lincoln went to Washington; yet
fools and traitors say, Mr. Lincoln began
the war !
But we quote another batch of facts, as
found in this secesh almanac, beginning
with the day after Mr. Lincoln's admin
istration. March 5 Gfcn. Beauregard assumes
command of the troops besieging. Fort
Sumter.
March 12 Fort Brown, Texas, sur
rendered by Capt. Brown to the' Texas
Commissioners.
March 13 AlabahVa ratified tne Con
stitution of the Confederate States; vote
of ConVcnTion', 87 to 6.
March 16 Georgia ratified the Con
stitution of the Confederate States; yote
of Convention, 96 ta 5
March 21 Louisiana ratified the Con
stitution of the Confederate States; vote
of Convention, 101 to 7.
March 25 Texas ratified the Consti
tution of the Confederate' States; vote of
Convention, 68 to 2.
March 30 Mississippi ratified the
Constitution of the Confederate States;
vote of Convention 78 to 7.
April 3 South Carolina ratified the
Constitution of the Confederate States;
vote of Convention, 149 to 29.
April 12-13 Battle' of Fort Sumter.
After thirty-fours' bombardment the Fort
surrendered to the Confederate States.
April 14: Evacuation of Fort Sumter
by Maior Anderson.
April 14 .Lincoln-, rresiuenc ot tne
United States, issues a proclamation call-
ing for 75,000 volunteers to put down
the "Southern Rebellion."
Now observe again ; all these acts of
treason and war" occurred before April
1-xth, when Abraham Lincoln took tho
first step toward the ddfeuco of the. Gov
ernment he had sworn to protect. He was
certainly slow cSbugli in beginning. He1
did not issue a call for soldiers until the
rebels were marching on. Washington it
self; and ye6r -icek calling themselves
Democrats go about the country yelling
themselves hoarse with the lie that this'
is Lincoln's war. The'uiiserable traitors
know better. The rebels in the South
don't pretend that this is Lincoln's war;
It is their war. They glory in it, and4
they despise their tory tools in the Northt
who go rouud deceiving the ignorant
masses with the monstrous lie that this is
Liucolu's war. Religious Telescope.
A Big Rascal Convicted. Solomon
KoKnstamn, of New York was convicted
in the Circuit Court of the Uuited States,'
last week, upon charges of defrauding
the Government. There were forty-seven
indictments fouud auaiust him one
of which was selected by the Government
to try the question of his guilt. It is
more than a year since Kohn3tamn was
arrested on account of these fraudulent'
claims. He was first sent to Fort Lafay
ette, but was transferred from thence to'
the Old Capitol Prison at Washington,'
and, after being confined there some time,
was released, and these proceedings were"
commenced.
Fcfr more than twenty years a merchant
of New York city, always in possession of
ample means, the business companion and
social equal of our wealthiest citizens, tho'
prisoner stooped to the commission of the
meanest crimes, and has reaped the" bit
ter fruits of his folly.
Seizing his opportunity in 1S61, when
our affairs, financial, military, and politi
cal, were in confusion, he entered upon"
a career of crime the results of were which'
chacaterized by Judge Nelson in his charga
to the Jury as "truly appalling." By de
grees gaiuing confidence in proportion to'
his success, he first bought claims on the
Govcrment,- at a mere nominal price, then
induced ignorant Germans to sigu papers
in blank, on one false pertext or another
(which papers he would cause his clerks'
to fill up with the items of spurious
claims.) then caused his victims" to sign
false affidavits, written in a language1 for
eign to them, and when no more Ger-
one ot tne counsel lor tne prosecution,
that Koh'nstamm had realized in this way
in a period of about two years something
more then 200,000, the whole amount of
Government claims which he collected
during the period being about 300,000.
' otner words, ot every tnrec dollars paid
! bim by the Mustering and Disbursing
! officers in New York city, two were ob-
! tained on false or forged bills! It was also
j stated, for th'S pfcSdcution', that Capt. F.
: S. Earned, U. S. A., one of the Regular
': officers doing business with him, had been
! led step by step, by various seductive arts,
T . 1 111 T
I t0 PaJ' tne prisoner over S?1UU,UUU worth
of false bills, and then, stung with r6-
morse had committed suicide at jN'ahant,
, afteT having made a full confession, and"
, sent it to the District-Attorney. t
! The prisoner was represented in court
; by an array of very able counsel. Besides
: Messrs. Bcebe, Donahue and Marbury,
who did the preliminary skirmishing last
I year, he had Wm. M. Evarts, James T.
i irady, and cx-J udge Dean, with others,
i'he speeches of Messrs. Dean and'Brady
I lor detense, and Joiin Sedgwick and
''Juuge x'ierrepouo ior uie U ovum mem,
were very able, and were listened to with;
the closest attention oy juage, -Jury, ana
spectators.
In view of the fact that the public treas
ury has been robbed of a milliou of dollars"
by this man, that our staggering load of
debt has been thus much increased, tho
issue of the case is mo's2 satrsf-rcVofy.'--
Not only will he receive the punishment
which he so richly deserves, but the ex
aniplc of his punisliment will be of ira
menso service. Judge Pirrepont truly
remarked in his speech that the result of
this important prosecution is of more'
consequence to thfe preservation of our
liberties than the issue of the next battle.'
Letr it once be understood, that fraud like1
KoliDStamn's can go unpunished and:
unrobuked, and there will be au end to
all security of public property aud public1
morals.
Uj3 A Dutchman's heart rendingso
lipbquy is described thus: "She loves'
ShonMiekle so petter as I, pecausc he
has' got couple dollars more as I has."
J&ST'Lovo and friendship are the two
last roses of life; but too many bees aricl
thorns lurk in them: they draw ourJ
blood ami give us poison
3" A dull day, and an empty pocket,:
.and bciiig in love, affect a man's spiriS
most seriously. . ,
BTt i3 said a dog ijpston.has becnt
named Quota, because lnBnovcr seems to'
be full.
jeSrSome of tho newspapers sayj.tliht
Leo handles his troops well. General!
Grant haudles them a great deal nbrlrj
,our satisfaction.'